This report is the first installment of the #AutomationFever series supported by the Pulitzer Center. “Automate your tasks with AI so you can reclaim your time for what truly matters.” This is the typical pitch from artificial intelligence (AI) companies such as OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Amazon—one that governments and businesses around the world, including […]
Warning: This article may be distressing or triggering to some readers. More than 27 years after Soeharto’s downfall, the state has become increasingly blatant in its efforts to whitewash the past by erasing the violent and painful chapters of history involving the Chinese-Indonesian community. May 1998 was the moment when I began to associate the […]
In the shade of bountiful oil palm trees lie untold stories of women whose labor is crucial to keeping the industry running. They work without pay or protection, helping their husbands meet harvest targets while staying invisible in official records. Their unrecognized struggle exposes another face of palm oil’s exploitative machinery. Amid the vast stretches […]
The youth in Nepal toppled its government in a span of 48 hours in what can be called one of the world’s fastest regime falls. But there are lessons in…
Harita Group’s Indonesian nickel mines feed the supply chains of some of the world’s biggest electric vehicle makers. But the conglomerate’s own internal monitoring showed the operation was polluting local…
In a chaotic world of collectors, deforestation and climate change, the silent threat of butterfly extinction gives a quite literal meaning to the term “butterfly effect”. The reporting for this…
Merauke is once again in the crosshairs of Indonesia’s food ambitions. A program that failed spectacularly more than a decade ago has been revived. This time, the government has enlisted…
